The First Butterflies

Sorry, a little blurry, but they're not easy to catch "before breakfast"! I mean their breakfast, not mine. I saw at least three of these on Saturday out in the countryside (and one bumblebee!), and since there are no wild flowers yet, I guess their only hope is to find some daffodils or pansies in a garden pot?



Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly - Aglais urticare - Nässelfjäril

Coming Back to Life

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
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"They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him."
At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
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Jesus said to her, "Mary".
She turned to him and cried out in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).

Gospel of John, 20:1, 13-14, 16

Happy Easter!

Glad Påsk - Happy Easter!

The tradition of sending Easter cards is not as common as Christmas cards. Inspired by the scrapbooking fair I went to recently, I made and sent some this year. But while I sent 60 or 70 Christmas cards, I only sent about 10 for Easter.

See also: http://islandofvoices.blogspot.com/2010/04/easter-cards.html

Easter Market

For Easter, we decorate branches with colourful feathers, and sometimes other decorations too. Read more about it in yesterday's post at my other blog, The Island of the Voices.

Our name for daffodil is "Easter Lily" (påsklilja) and we usually have some of those on the table as well.